Impact craters as biospheric microenvironments, Lawn Hill Structure, northern Australia

Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-363

  Lindsay, John ^a   Brasier, Martin ^b  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Impact craters; Lawn Hill Structure; Martian analog; Northern Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744797632     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.6.348     Document Type: Article

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